---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000101199-22-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UFCS"
cik: "0000101199"
company_name: "UNITED FIRE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:49:39.423611+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Fire Group CEO Randy Ramlo to retire by Oct 31, 2022; successor search begins

## Summary
- Ramlo to retire effective Oct 31, 2022; will continue in role until successor named.
- Board accelerated vesting of unvested RSUs and NQSOs; performance units expire at retirement.
- Ramlo served as CEO since May 2007; joined UFG in 1984.
- Successor not yet named; executive search underway with transition period through Oct 2022.
- No immediate financial impact; strategic plan 'One UFG' remains unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000101199-22-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UFCS
- cik: 0000101199
- company_name: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119922000019/0000101199-22-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119922000019/ufcs-20220222.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-22-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-22-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-22-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Randy Ramlo retired as President, Chief Executive Officer at UNITED FIRE GROUP INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President, Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Randy Ramlo notified United Fire Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "UFG") of his decision to retire as President, Chief Executive Officer, effective October 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119922000019/0000101199-22-000019-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.